The key theme of Oracle OpenWorld 2016 was Infrastructure [as a Service]. Bigger, better, faster than Amazon WebServices – and cheaper as well. That was the message Oracle tried to drive home. Coming from behind, leap frogging the competition in IaaS and PaaS by using the latest generation of technology […]
Microsoft Azure Cloud
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News: The Oracle Microsoft Azure Private Cloud Machine
Last week Oracle announced the Oracle Cloud Machine. This solution enables organizations to reap all the full advantages of the Oracle Cloud products within the walls of their own datacenter. This way oracle delivers on the promise of “private cloud” the notion of a cloud behind your own firewall with all […]
Oracle Public Cloud Confusion
I always thought I could address the main differences between private and public cloud. Oracle announced the ‘Oracle Private Cloud Machine’ at Oracle Open World 2015 which runs locally, offering a private cloud for an organization. Then Oracle decided to rename it to ‘Oracle Public Cloud Machine’. And I think […]
Reflections after Oracle OpenWorld 2015 – Business Analytics (Big Data, GoldenGate, OBI (EE), ODI, NoSQL)
note: I would like to thank Mark Rittman of RittmanMead for sharing many of this findings from Oracle OpenWorld 2015 as well as a comprehensive slide desk. Business Analytics covers the areas of Business Intelligence, Data Discovery and Big Data as well as some of the data gathering and preparation […]
Reflections after Oracle OpenWorld 2015 – Infrastructure as a Service – and as a Product – on Compute, Linux, Private Cloud Machine, Storage, Network and more
If you want to be a cloud provider with a complete portfolio, that means you need to offer Infrastructure as a Service. That is where some cloud providers start(ed) – such as Amazon WebServices – and it is where Oracle completes its stack of cloud service offerings. Compute, Storage and […]
Reflections after Oracle OpenWorld 2015 – PaaS Foundation (WebLogic, Coherence, JCS and Application Container Cloud Service)
The foundation for most of the Oracle Public Cloud Platform services is the Java Cloud Service (JCS) that itself is powered by WebLogic Server. The same WebLogic that Oracle customers use as underpinning for their middleware platforms and business applications, either on traditional infrastructure, on the Exalogic engineered system or […]
Oracle OpenWorld 2015: Finally a real Vision and Mission. A pleasant surprise
For me the 2015 Oracle OpenWorld was a pleasant surprise. The surprise was not the announcement of an additional set of cloud products like the Identity Cloud or the Application Builder Cloud Service. The biggest surprise was the different tone of voice during the conference. In the past you could […]
Oracle licenses and the cloud
Suppose the number of Oracle licenses you acquired in the past, is in line with the use. That is, you’re compliant with all the licensing rules Oracle come up with. The license form you use is the so called ‘Full use’ license, this is the most common license form. Everybody […]
Licensing development and test environments
Once in a while a company wants to know if her Oracle development- and test- environments needs to be licensed. And in a lot of cases this question simply can be answered as: yes, these environments must be licensed. The cases in which these licenses are not needed, are quite […]
OOW13: Racing Oracle Open World
For me this year’s Open World has three main themes: Community, Cloud and Mobile. Although actually it included a fourth theme: the America’s Cup. The fabulous comeback of Team America and the spectacular sailing lead to an extra vibe during the conference. And although the media footage provided the best […]
JavaOne 2013: (Key) Notes of a conference – State of the Java platform and all the roadmaps
Last week’s JavaOne conference provided insights in the roadmap for the Java platform as well as in the current state of things in the Java community. The close relationship between Oracle and IBM concerning Java, the (continuing) lack of such a relationship with Google, the support from Microsoft for Java […]
OOW13: What questions to get answered and plans to see evolved at this year at Oracle OpenWorld Conference
As I am about to start my ninth Oracle OpenWorld Conference, I am wondering what this year’s conference will have in store for me. My schedule is largely filled up, I know who I am going to meet, where I have to speak and where I need to go. Now […]
OOW 12: The Oracle Cloud strategy – explosive stuff or vaporware?
Oracle Open World 2012 was the cloud conference. There can be no doubt about the central theme of the conference. In week that had clear skies throughout, Oracle kept telling the story of the Cloud. To be honest: much like it did last year. And after I signed up for […]